Essays on Cop

A Knowledge Management (KM) system refers to a system for managing knowledge in organizations to support the creation, capturing, storage and the dissemination of information (Fuller 2002). In as much as KM has become a widely accepted business practice, many companies are still struggling to measure the gains it purports to offer. In these uncertain economic times, there is the urgent need for KM to show the value that knowledge sharing and its re-use bring to the company. There is the need to use measures to derive metrics that show performance and efforts. The measures outline the ...

a) Categories of Police Corruption:

- Opportunistic Theft: This is a category where the cop who arrests a person for stealing some crime, steals the criminals stuff away secretly or including partners with him. Perusing his case further or letting him go after the bribe.

- ‘Shakedowns’ This happens when an officer is offered bribe which is usually an amount of money or something valuable and he/she accepts it in return of letting the criminal go without going through a criminal violation.

- ‘Flaking’ or ‘Padding’: That is adding something to the evidence or planting something which had not ...

1. There were six victims killed – two females and four males (Bovsun, 2010).

One of the female victims was pregnant. Her door was unlocked and the perpetrator entered the house just as she was about to bring the garbage out. She was alone. The other female was babysitting an infant and had her son with her when all three of them were killed (Ramsland, 2012). The son was supposed to go to a friend’s house around the time of the killings. A male friend was in the house and also died. Both the female victims were sexually assaulted.

There are four crime scenes. One home was entered into by the perpetrator and ...

Abstract

This paper discusses and examines thermodynamics concepts and systems, particularly air conditioners. The principles upon which these systems are built, namely the first and the second thermodynamics laws are analyzed. Air conditioner performance and efficiency is also examined under the two laws. The second law of thermodynamics helps in determining the effectiveness of thermodynamics-based systems and is used in this paper to determine the efficiency of air conditioners. This paper finally makes recommendations based on calculations that determine the levels of efficiency of air conditioners.

Introduction

Air Conditioning, which involves the processes of heating and cooling, is an essential part ...

In the post-9/11 world of espionage, soldiers have been replaced with spies as nationalist heroes – since drones do much of the grunt work now as opposed to reservists, the nebulous War on Terror is fought through intelligence and espionage. At the same time, we take a much more self-reflexive look at our heroes, especially in media, and question whether or not they are truly worth rooting for. These notions of the flawed heroic spy, the one who does what is necessary while putting themselves through misery, is explored in depth in the recent films Casino Royale (2006) and Zero Dark ...

Public administrators need to be able to ensure high level of productivity from the people who work under them. This can be achieved easily if they perceive good leadership skills and traits in order to bring about positive change especially in difficult situation. There several renowned leaders in the world who exhibited significant leadership skills which enabled them to cub social, economic or political problems. One of such leaders is the New York Police Department Commissioner Bill Bratton in the New York City (NYC, 2014). Bill Bratton positively influenced the state of security in the New York City by ...

Introduction

As indicated by many scientists,( what is the authority for this, which scientists, book or journal article) the reduction of greenhouse gas emission requires a global consolidated effort with participation from all the countries across the globe. At least, those countries responsible for emitting the maximum amount of greenhouse gas are expected to comply with the cause. The current environment regime as governed by Kyoto Protocol is not helping in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. In fact, Kyoto Protocol, due to differentiating between developed and developing countries, has come under heated criticism from all corners. Common but Differentiated Responsibilities ( ...

Film Studies: Hong Kong Cinema

Common themes in Hong Kong films include those that relate to human beings’ dreams, their journey, and their identity. Characters in some of the films we covered have certain dreams, often unattainable, and their stories revolve around their journey towards these dreams. Identity is also a prevalent theme in Hong Kong cinema, in terms of desired changes, lack of changes, or the transition of characters’ lives that influence or shape their identity. The succeeding discussion focuses on three Hong Kong films that explore characters’ dreams, journey, and identities particularly within the context of common themes such as love. In ...

Ice T, Taylor Swift, and How Cultural Considerations Inform Their Music

“Fuck the police” chants Ice T, in his hit “Cop Killer,” “tonight we get even.” These are the some of the lyrics to one of his most successful, and most controversial, songs. Released in 1992, this song was written partially in protest of the acquittal of two police officers who beat Rodney King in LA. Conversely, almost twenty years later, we have another pop star, Taylor Swift, singing “Drew walks by me, can he tell that I can’t breathe?” She continues, “He’s the reason for the teardrops on my guitar. The only thing that keeps me wishing ...

In order to analyze a client’s behavioral trait, one has to probe into the very person’s social conditions, culture, environment, genetics, and family background. These are the main factors that constitute the biopsychosocial wellbeing of every individual. Calliope Stephanides, the protagonist in Jeffrey Eugenides’ novel ‘Middle Sex’, would be a potential client for an evaluation and case plan. The character Calliope (Callie) is relevant for its socio-psychological significance, and it makes a sincere approach to intersex individuals’ emotions throughout the story. A close analysis of the client Callie makes it clear that she undergoes severe identity crisis and emotional ...

The application of the “Precautionary Principle” for the deployment of climate bioengineering initiative requires that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change through the Subsidiary Body for Climate Geoengineering (SBCE) to conduct regular and continuous monitoring initiatives of the perceived adverse and positive effects of the reengineering program. It will also require continuous collaboration and active participation among its different stakeholders.5 The precautionary principle states that if our organization performs an initiative that could pose potential harm to the public in sync with the absence of consensus in the scientific community, the burden of proof that the ...

In this video, a cop killed a white unarmed man without any evidence, an issue that brought much controversy. Most people could not believe that an armed officer shot an unarmed citizen almost eight times. According to the law, a police officer did not have the right to shoot an innocent citizen. The video can be analyzed using the deviance and social norms theory. Deviance can be defined as any behavior or act that rebels the expected norms of a society. The act has sufficient severity to make the majority of the society disapprove it. Norms, on the other hand, can be defined ...

Provide critical analysis of a film, specifically in relation to elements of the film’s style and other topics you consider relevant. Psycho (1960) The film Psycho, by the stalwart director, Alfred Hitchcock, is one of the most iconic films in the history of cinema. The film bears the testimony to the aesthetic excellence and usage of quintessential film techniques by the director. The film has left an everlasting mark on the minds of the audience across the globe, and enjoys immense popularity even on the present day. The director places the audience away from the movie’ ...

Chinese cinema has always been at the forefront of international cinema. Despite it being only the 4th largest industry in the world, it has still managed to create an impact on American and European audiences. The story coupled with martial arts and action created crossover appeal with American audiences as early as the 1960s. Characteristics of Hong Kong cinema gave rise to anti-heroes whom went against type but were heroes at the end of the day. Drunken Master (1978), Hard Boiled (1992) and Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) are 3 films which speak to the evolution of Chinese cinema in ...

This paper aims to discuss the as well as comparing the generic and the historical evolution of the Hong Kong films. The films which are going to be discussed in this paper are the Internal Affairs, Better Tomorrow as well as the Fist of Fury. The thriller films are going to be analyzed in terms of theme, plots, stylistic features like the character and characterization, scenes, camera work.

Internal Affairs

This this is movie which is about a cop who is a gangster and at the same time a gangster who is a cop. The early scenes show them being placed in a deep cover. A ...

The first incidence that assured the channel leaders was the fact that they could foresee the success as well as the accomplishment of the big day. The mentioned leaders came up with the idea of organizing a cartoon network cricket tournament of their leadership positions. Success is what each and every person is up to, and especially those in a leadership role. On the big day of the cartoon characters cricket tournament, the turnout of both the cartoon fans as well as those of the cricket game was spectacular, tremendous and encouraging. The notion was a clear sign that whatever the approach ...

Critiquing Quantitative and Qualitative Studies

Several research techniques are available all with the aim of achieving precise data or information or data about something. Quantitative technique, sometimes referred to as true science, involves the use of mathematical and statistical methods in the analysis and drawing useful information from a specific set of data (Davies, 2009). On the other hand, qualitative is a type of technique used to study behavior and habits portrayed by humans under different environments. The critique is aimed at juxtaposing the two techniques involved in the field of research with critical analysis of the two methods.

Compare and Contrast Information

Hand hygiene especially in health care setting ...

Introduction

This research paper investigates the subject of Community Policing. Firstly it offers a definition of the term – what it actually means. Further, the paper discusses the theoretical background. More than one theoretical “label” is used in attempting to offer credible theories to support the concept of community policing. As well as describing some early efforts at implementing community policing policies and practices, this paper also provides examples of case studies of community policing, thus providing comparisons of real-life situations with the theory. Finally, there are opinions with regard to the future for community policing.

Community Policing: A Definition

“Community Policing Defined” is the title ...

What is the gender make up of American law enforcement?

According to the newsletter of the COPS office in July 2013, women in law enforcement make up only 13 percent of the force which is already a great improvement from 1970’s figure of two percent.Is it a male-dominated field? In law enforcement, women are perceived to be “too emotional, too passive, or too physically weak for the job”. Women in the force are better received now because compared to men, women are less likely to be involved in citizens’ complaints regarding excessive use of force; thus, there will be less civil actions in the police departments. Women in law ...

Chemistry

The system will start by using the procedure for normal capillary cycle. It will be allowed to run for five to ten minutes in order to stabilize. The process will start with evaporation of the refrigerant, taking heat from the low temperature part of the system and giving it out to the high temperature part of the system. The refrigerant must meet the requirement of having a vapor pressure of above one atmosphere at the refrigeration temperature but, not high pressure at the heat rejection temperature. We will take the wattmeter readings for the calculation of the power in put ...

Technology can be a lifesaver to the path of criminal justice, yet it also can be a path of darkness. This paper will reflect over technology on it advantages, and it disadvantages within the criminal justice field. It will also reflect over technology that are help and harmful to law enforcement. Last it wills states why this is important throughout the paper. The technologies advancement we have today is outstanding. We have reached a point where it seems the world of technology is endless with their ability to create countless new concepts. Technology that we did not have back even five ...

It is about fifteen years ago when Brando Skyhorse alongside his young daughter found himself in a foiled murder scene. He was basking in the light at the Option when he watched a young woman feeling her way like a blind person into the crowd. The woman was about the age-mate of his daughter. She was busting with her own pain, desire, and courage. Although Brando had five hundred dollars, which was enough to take him with his daughter as far as San Francisco, he could not attempt to run because it was pathetic and cowardly. Besides, he was too exhausted and ...

‘Instructor’s Name’

Stereotypes in the ‘Rush Hour’ Movies Stereotypes are in general regrettable and avoidable. They sometimes act as a prism through which the society views any actions of a particular community. The extended security checks, people of Middle Eastern origin are subjected to, in Airport securities around the world, shows how some people are naturally put into a particular category because of their origins. President Obama’s speech of how if a black guy walks past, people instinctively lock their car doors is another example of these regrettable stereotypical notions. But then African Americans has been victimized in this nation and stereotyped as ...

‘Instructor’s Name’

Pro Gun laws 2nd amendment There are no two arguments that America loves its guns. The history of this great country is full of episodes of guns being used to defend not just lives, but also defend the values of this land – liberty and equality. The second amendment too acknowledges the need for gun possession for ensuring safety of its citizens. But in no where, in the law books of this country, it is written that, guns should be distributed without any checks. Easier gun accessibility would increase the chance of gun distribution among criminals and the ...

- Identification of topic; Car theft is a huge problem in Dallas County, Texas State and across all other states in the US. Statistics indicate that for every 40 seconds, one car is stolen (Ernst, 2011). - Contextualization of information about the topic; the background of car theft in the US and specifically Dallas is given (Roberts & Block, 2012; Walsh & Taylor, 2007; Crawford, 2011). - Thesis statement: “There are effective strategies which can be adopted to prevent car theft in Dallas”. - Preventing car theft in Dallas - Hot spot policing (Jang, Lee & Hoover, 2011). ...

Introduction

The film “crash” is directed by Paul Haggis. He brings out the issue of divergence in characters and race. It illustrates the level by which characters crash. The movie implicates knit stories based on whites, blacks, Koreans, Iranians, the rich and the poor, cops and criminals. Many of the actors found in the film “crash” performed racist action. The actors’ personality, background and skill let to a completely believable impression. The movie shows difference in racial characteristics in clear dimensions. The white characters portray possession of comfortable positions. The blacks, including the television director play a cold role. The main ...

The most publicized and sensational violent crimes that have been committed recently, such as the attack on the children of Newtown, Connecticut and the shootings at the Batman movie screening in Aurora, Colorado, have been committed by persons who appear to be mentally ill and perhaps additionally suffering from drug addition. The significant overlap between mental illness, drug addiction, and violence is well documented and thus the criminal justice system has put resources behind trying to solve this problem with programs such as drug and mental health courts (Rossman, 2012). In contrast, persons with mental retardation, also known by ...

Film Studies

Introduction The Noir film, ‘The Big Heat’ - a movie directed in 1953 by Fritz Lang - is a crime thriller of that age. It is about a sergeant Dave Bannion, who investigates a murder of another cop, Tom Duncan. His main intention is to take on criminals who control most of the politics happening in the town. In addition, his wife has been murdered too, which is yet another reason for Dave to take revenge on the gang controlled by Lagana and Stone. These roles have been played by Alexander Scourby and Lee Marvin respectively. In this storyline of the film, ...

Introduction

Mixed Martial Art (MMA) is in a category of combating that is combined from various styles of traditions. Currently, it is referred as cage fighting. MMA started during Olympics of ancient Greece. Its popularity of being one of the most popular contact sports has risen over years. MMA fighters have been popular due to their skills and talents that they portray in the sport to knock out their rivals making them submit. MMA exist even before the first Olympics. In Greece, fighters began unarmed combat performed sport known as pankration a Greek word which means “all powerful”. The sport falls ...

Criminal Justice

Open systems theory believes that organizations are not simple “closed” bureaucratic structures which are separate from their surroundings, but should be considered as highly complex entities. In fact, they face considerable uncertainty in their operations as they closely interact with the environment (Milakovich and Gordon, 2009, p.176). These systems simply refer to the concept that organizations are intensely influenced by the environment that surrounds them. The environmental factors cover the organizations that which have the tendency to exert economic, political, or social nature forces. There are key resources that have been identified to help in sustaining the organization that ...

Police procedures for responding to calls involving special situations

Police officers as the principal public safety persons respond to a host of emergency situations, some ordinary others quite unusual (Ortmeier, 2006). In each of these situations, the responding officer is expected to either solve or at least contain the situation. Inevitably, an officer will be called or while on patrol respond to a situation they have never experienced (Ortmeier, 2001). In other instances the situation may be usual but requiring special attention owing to the circumstances. These situations are referred to as special situations and there are corresponding procedures for each situation.

Responding to natural disasters

Natural disasters bring a lot of catastrophe whenever they ...

In past three decades, community-oriented policing (COP) and problem-oriented policing (POP) are being realized as new policing models replacing the more conventional policing models. The traditional policing models over the past 150 years are designed to endow with three key functionalities including control, order and prevention of crimes (Zhao et al., 2003). While POP is a strategy meant to solve persistent community problems, COP places more importance on the third core function, i.e. crime prevention, by creating awareness among individuals about crimes. COP entitles the law ownership to the people living in a community, therefore, it is not a single articulated phenomenon, ...

Police forces are immensely essential; in all countries across the world. The role played by the police is great and indisputable. However, many people across the world have a negative attitude towards police forces and hence they do not take time to understand what they go through. They sometimes work under harsh conditions while their health is put into risk for the best interest of the people. Social order is an important aspect of a stable country. The police are usually at the front line to ensure that every village, street and settlement are peaceful, while the order is maintained. Administration ...

Abstract The following paper discusses three offenders from three recent incidents. The discussion will strive to analyze the behavior of these offenders and their justification for their behavior from the available details regarding the incidents.

Girl who shot herself in leg at Grady High out of jail

The details of the incident can be found at http://waga.m0bl.net/r/1fa2kd. Morgan Tukes a senior at Gradys High School is only 17 years of age and is accused of several charges including accidentally shooting herself in the school parking lot. The 17 year old was also accused of hit and run charges in October. Her charges involved fleeing and attempting to elude, ...

The career of being a police officer is risky yet interesting if one has the passion to pursue it for good reason. Police officers come into contact with all kinds of people, the good, criminals of all kinds such as drug dealers, thieves and murderers among others. The career of a police officer is divided into three major stages. Each career stage has distinct characteristics. The police officer behaves differently in each of the stages. The challenges and experiences the officer faces at every stage and the experience gained from the service make the officer evolve into a certain character at the ...

One of the things, among others, that the poets John Donne (1572–1631) and John Milton (1608–1674) have in common is their poetic style. John Donne and John Milton developed a poetic style in which they reasonably and often paradoxically approached philosophical and spiritual subjects. Although John Donne and John Milton have written fairly distinct poems, but their constructions of devotion and godly poetics tend to be quite similar. Although most of their poetic works are centered on their personal relationship with spirituality, but the sexual realism in their poetries cannot be ignored or overlooked. They use rhythms in ...

FP Fixed

Introduction

This paper relates an analysis of stock price behavior over the period of time from the 21st of October to the 17th of November. The aim of the paper is to trace an effect made on the stock price by the changes in markets. The markets are affected by a number of economic and non-economic factors that sometimes cannot be predicted. Among the most popular factors influencing markets are: market sentiment, growth expectations, valuation, momentum, and central bank activity. Actually, any economic factor or company news may influence stock price. A portfolio of five stocks was analyzed. ...

Chemistry

Thermodynamics of Refrigeration

In the olden days winter was the best time of the year for cold drinks, sorbets and ice creams because ice was readily available. Without a thorough understanding of thermodynamics our communities might have to be brought their ice in an ice wagon just like in the olden days. The laws of thermodynamics were developed by scientists and used when processes of the Industrial Revolution were developed. The physics of heat transfer are applied in order to transfer heat away from the portion of a refrigerator or air conditioning that needs to continually cool the air. Now the ...

Reservoir Dogs, the 1992 independent gangster film that saw Quentin Tarantino's first foray into feature filmmaking, is a rousing tour de force of exploitation-level machismo, hip '90s nostalgia-cool and strong, theatrical performances. The film follows a group of color-coded gangsters as they fulfill Joe Cabot's (Laurence Tierney) orders to rob a jewelry store. Though the film shows the plight of various members of the gang before and after the heist, the heist itself is not shown. This treatment of time lends the film its incredible sense of urgency, energy, and desperation, as the audience is thrown into an unknown situation right along with ...

Touch of evil is an originally 1958 produced film that is based on ambiguities, fractures and unresolved tensions. It is one of the last film noir to be produced. The film is most famous for its opening scene where for three minutes we see one of the greatest takes in cinematic history, according to cinematic critiques. Lots of ambiguity is seen throughout the movie where we see one cop being rather unlawful planting evidence so as to prosecute certain people who he deems as guilty. This same policeman is said to work with another good policeman.

The good policeman ...

Man and Global Warming

Discussions regarding Global Warming or Climate Change are not complete without the arguments surrounding the causes of this phenomenon. It had been noted that the phenomenon began sometime around the 19th century when the Industrial Revolution took into effect, causing thousands of chemicals to be brought to the atmosphere. These chemicals then took a toll over the ozone layer, opening an opening to allow infrared rays from the sun to enter the globe. While many have accepted that the phenomenon had something to do with the evolution of man’s inventions to make their lives easier, some have raised speculation ...

This essay deals with topics associated with employment and policy law for supervisors and managers, with focus on four specific aspects of the application of such legislation. The first is a hypothetical scenario in which a police chief has to develop a policy to help his officers deal with the issues associated with a number of recent incidents of the “suicide by cop” situation. The second topic describes how criminal justice employees are protected by employment laws and why that protection is important. The third item is a description of a U.S. Supreme Court decision in a case of sexual harassment, outline of the arguments on ...

A law enforcement officer who is corrupt and practicing criminal misconduct is known colloquially as a “dirty cop”. The 2001 movie Training Day featured the actor Denzil Washington cast as a “dirty cop” – a dishonest narcotics detective with a massive ego, who inflates his official income with bribes and kickbacks from drug dealers and others. We all know such people exist in the real world, but how widespread is the problem and what, typically, do they do and why? This paper seeks to answer these questions.

Magnitude of the Problem

“Dirty cops” are – regrettably – to be found anywhere and just about everywhere. INTERPOL, which is “the world’ ...

What are heat pumps?

Heat Pumps work similarly to the air conditioning units, but unlike the air conditioners they do not have refrigeration units. Heat pumps are simply transferring air from one place to another, For example in summer they are transferring hot air that is inside of building to outside and in winter they transfer hot air to the building.

What makes them an efficient method of air conditioning?

Cost of energy is increasing dramatically and many architects prefer to use heat pumps instead of air conditioning units. This is due to the fact that heat pumps do not have refrigeration unit, therefore they consume much less energy than air conditioners. ...

Reservoir Dogs, the 1992 independent gangster film that saw Quentin Tarantino's first foray into feature filmmaking, is a rousing tour de force of exploitation-level machismo, hip '90s nostalgia-cool and strong, theatrical performances. The film follows a group of color-coded gangsters as they fulfill Joe Cabot's (Laurence Tierney) orders to rob a jewelry store. Though the film shows the plight of various members of the gang before and after the heist, the heist itself is not shown. This treatment of time lends the film its incredible sense of urgency, energy, and desperation, as the audience is thrown into an unknown situation right along with ...

Introduction

Since the onset of the fiber optic technology, communication barriers have been broken and the virtualization of teams has been possible. The objective of this chapter is to analyze the significance of virtual teams and their management in software development. The paper defines virtual teams and discusses their importance, their types, and the tools used by them for collaboration. It also analyzes the challenges faced by these teams in terms of management, collaboration, and coordination. The various virtual platforms used by these teams, such as cloud computing, are discussed. A secondary literature analysis is conducted to understand the role ...

1. Richard DiGuglielmo Jr. seems to be the victim of unfair trial. His case has not been properly represented in the court or probably he has been misunderstood by the judges. On the fateful day, he saw that Campbell is about to hit his father with a metal baseball and seeing this, the first thing that came into his mind was that his father is in grave danger and he should save him at any cost. He was a cop and it was his duty to save the life of a man who was about to get hit severely by a violent man. ...

Recipients’ Names

Introduction: An incident occurred in which a young man with blue hair assaulted an elderly man, striking him in the head. After the assault, the young man jumped into the older man’s automobile. A mall security guard, John Killian witnessed and responded quickly to the incident by removing the assailant from the vehicle and restraining him. Holly McElroy, a witness to the incident, gave an account that agrees with John Killian’s as to the above facts. Holly McElroy provided further detail in her account and said John Killian intentionally struck the assailant repeatedly in addition to removing him ...

Patrick Murphy’s leadership style focused greatly on accountability; he wanted to make sure people were held responsible for their actions and those under them. (p. 33). When Murphy took over the police force, he “considered himself a reform agent,” deciding he needed to clean house to get rid of the ghosts that were rampant in Leary’s tenure as commissioner. Believing that there was too much splintering and division within the department, he sought to bring everyone back together and eliminate this sort of waste.

Murphy also took special effort to curb corruption any way he could; he opted ...

Task:

1. Compare the three characters that Chow Yun-fat plays in A Better Tomorrow (Mark), The Killer (Jeffrey), and Hard-Boiled (Tequila). Focus on the sense of morality.

Chow Yun Fat is a well known movie actor in the Hong Kong Film making industry in China. He is able to depict different characters in different movies. The character roles of Chow Yun Fat in The Killer, A Better tomorrow and Hard Boiled depict the variant nature of his ability to adopt different identities. The character of Chow Yun Fat (Jeffrey) in the movie The Killer is that of kind hearted hard core ...